17th August 2010, 10:13 PM
BAJR Wrote:I for one would be happy to be thoroughly tested for Chartered status (I might even get it!) But it has to be worth my while... and as has been said repeatedly, the same is true for MIFAness... currently its nice to have, but not essential, you could not stop me for example from carrying out archaeology work... nobody can... as long as my commercial work is to the standard required by the curator. so being a MiFA or not is not top of my agenda.
This is my stance too. I'm not against the IFA , I've just never had a compellig reason to join. Chartered status would be fine providing there's a benefit to me for it. If its a case of you can only practise archaeology if you're a signed up member, tested and no appreciable rise in wages as a result, I'd be annoyed as its less in my pocket.
If I join and am tested, and wages go up as a result of me being an "independantly verified professional", (the kind of wages the IFA were consulting about recently) I'd be more than happy to sign up. Above all, the testing would have to be documented beforehand so you know what standard you need to come up to and the whole process is democratic. I would hope it would work similar to companies being tested for ISO standards.
Obviously, I know little about being chartered, so matbe I should go and look it up!